This is despite the European Community temporarily suspending all autonomous vehicle testing until motorcycles were included after a female motorcycle rider was rear-ended by an automated Tesla S under test in Norway.

Australian Motorcycle Council representative Guy Stanford has called on authorities to slow down the testing and introduction of autonomous vehicles.

Autonomous take-up

Meanwhile, analytics service Defin’d has identified the suburbs in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth that are likely to have the highest take-up of autonomous vehicles.

They include suburbs with high household incomes, “early adopters” of technology, and motoring enthusiasts.